When I posted the photo of my
50th Birthday Basket
a girlfriend of mine who has twins in college emailed and asked if I would make one for her
son for Valentine’s Day.
Well, of course I said yes!
all boxed up
I wanted it to look fun and personal, so I thought about what would appeal to a college guy for Valentine’s Day.
I decided to spell out “HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TROY” and fill each letter with items a college student would enjoy.
Done.
“HAPPY”
H – hot cocoa, A – Airheads, P – pizza combos and Pringles, P – peanut butter, Y – yellow highlighters
“VALENTINES”
V – veggie soup
A – animal crackers
L – laundry money (two rolls of quarters)
E – 5 Hour Energy
N – nacho cheese
T – toothbrush and toothpaste
I – iTunes gift card
N – salted nut roll
E – Eileen’s Cookies (frosted valentine cookies in a heart tin)
S – sunflower seeds
“DAY”
D – Doritos, A – Advil, Y – York Peppermint Patty
“TROY”
T – Tide Pods, R – razors, O – onions (Funyuns), Y – Yahtzee cards
the whole haul
I used a couple of red plastic stackable crates to keep everything neat inside the box.
this was on top of the tissue, right inside the box
I included a simple diagram explaining the box’s contents so he could see everything at a glance.
His mom told me he loved it!